alltel8k082907.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report (date of earliest event reported): August 29,
2007
Alltel
Corporation
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State
or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-4996 34-0868285
(Commission
File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
One
Allied Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(501)
905-8000
(Registrant's
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item
8.01 Other
Events.
On
August
29, 2007, Alltel Corporation (“Alltel”) issued a press release announcing that,
at a special meeting, its stockholders had approved the proposal to adopt the
previously announced merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Alltel
by
Atlantis Holdings LLC, an affiliate of private investment funds TPG Partners
V,
L.P. and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P.
A
copy of
Alltel’s press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1 Press
Release dated August 29, 2007 of Alltel
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ALLTEL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Sharilyn S. Gasaway
Name:
Sharilyn S.
Gasaway
Title:
Executive Vice
President -
Chief
Financial
Officer
Dated:
August 29, 2007
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description
Exhibit
99.1 Press Release
dated August 29, 2007 of Alltel
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